Ethics and economic theory 9780815395140, 0815395140

This book takes a multi-disciplinary critique of economics’ first principles: the fundamental and inter-related structur

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Ethics and economic theory
 9780815395140, 0815395140

Table of contents :
Introduction1. Needs and Scarcity2. Rationality and Economic Theory3. The Ethical Limits of Markets4. Individualism and the Self5. Motivations: Self-interest, Sympathy and Commitment6. An Unequal World7. Do Markets Crowd Out Ethics?8. Climate Change and Ethics9. Time and Economics10. Civil Economy: Re-imagining an Ethical Economy

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